Dr Frenchie - Your French Bulldog Vet

16/02/2024

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🐶 Does your Dog struggle with overheating in warm weather?

🐶Have limited ability to exercise or takes longer to recover from excercise than normal?

🐶 Have noisy or laboured breathing or snoring? Or something that just doesn’t sound right?

🐶Have you got any concerns that you just want to talk over with someone who has a wealth of experience with these issues and many others?

You have come to the right place! Petvets is the home of Dr Frenchie and his world of knowledge and experience awaits!

🐶If you know someone who has a squishy faced dog and has not yet met Dr Frenchie, please share this post.

⚡️Book a consult NOW with Dr Frenchie aka Dr Glen.

⚡️Get a thorough assessment and the best advice for your dogs issues.

📱Call the clinic 02 95 60 5255

10/10/2023

This Friday is Vet Nurse/Tech Day!!
Our amazing team of nurses work tirelessly for our clients and their pets.
We couldn’t do what we do without their incredible skills.
Please join me in celebrating the amazing work my vet nurses do day in and day out.
Thank you to my team for everything you do!

21/09/2023

This is the after video of the same Frenchie post BOAS surgical correction.
You can see the opening of the trachea is now completely clear and no part of the soft palate is blocking his ability to breathe.

21/09/2023

This is a video of a French Bulldogs airway prior to BOAS surgical correction.
You can see the opening of the trachea is being blocked by the elongated soft palate. (The part that is flapping as this baby takes a breath)

After video to follow in the next post

15/09/2023

BOAS Corrective Surgery:
Once you've had your assessment with Dr Glen, you can then book in for surgery.
This is an all day surgery we have them dropped in between 8am-9am in the morning, after the surgery they then stay with us all day on a pain relief and sedative fluid drip so we can monitor them for any post-operative swelling or bleeding. Once they are in recovery we give you a call to update you on how everything has gone and advise you of the discharge appointment time - generally between 5:30-6pm.

5/5 Aspects:
1 Nares/Nostrils are widened
2 Enlarged Tonsils are removed
3 Everted Laryngeal Saccules are removed
4 and 5 Soft palate is shortened and thinned to be clear of the epiglottis

Here are some before and after photos of one of our gorgeous Frenchie patients

14/09/2023

BOAS Assessment:
If you feel your squishy faced baby is suffering from any of the symptoms from our BOAS signs post we recommend a BOAS assessment consult with Dr Glen aka Dr Frenchie.
During this assessment Dr Glen gets to have a thorough look over your brachy baby, gets a history from you about how they exercise, recover from exercise, how they sleep, if they suffer from vomiting/regurgitation etc.
Dr Glen will let you know if they would benefit from the BOAS corrective surgery.
He'll then explain the process of the surgical procedure, the aftercare requirements, check up's and all possible post-operative complications that could arise and what we do to manage those risks.
This assessment normally goes for 40-60 minutes so please allow for that amount of time, as Dr Glen likes to make sure you are completely comfortable with all the information prior to leaving the clinic.
If you would like to book in an Airway assessment with Dr Glen please give us a call on (02)95605255.

Photo of Lola - nurse Amanda's Frenchie

13/09/2023

What are the signs of BOAS?
• Snoring: even mild only in certain positions.
• Regurgitation or reflux is almost always related to restricted airways.
• Exercise noise (the small gurgles and sorts we accept as normal are not, they are signs of BOAS).
• Exercise intolerance. Yes most dogs can charge around like billio for 15 minutes, but most long nose non restricted airway dogs can do so for 30-60 minutes.
• Interrupted sleep.
• Sleeping with their neck or head in a certain position.
In 90% of cases between 2-5 soft tissue concerns will exist that are extremely beneficial to correct for the best long term prognosis.

Credit to University of Cambridge for the diagram

12/09/2023

What is BOAS?
Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS) is a breed-related disorder that means affected animals cannot breathe normally and this significantly compromises their welfare. Animals affected by brachycephaly (having a flat face) include breeds such as the French Bulldog, Pug, Boston Terrier, Boxer, British Bulldog, Australian Bulldog and Shih-tzu.
Many brachycephalic animals have Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome. BOAS is a lifelong, and often progressive disorder that affects an animal’s ability to breathe, exercise, eat, play, sleep, engage in normal behaviours and live comfortably. Extremely brachycephalic dogs have a shorter life span compared to dogs with less extreme brachycephaly or non-brachycephalic dogs.
Airway abnormalities that characterise BOAS include narrowed nostrils, elongated and thick soft palate, inflamed and enlarged tonsils, everted laryngeal saccules, enlarged tongue, and reduced size of the windpipe. Animals suffering from BOAS usually have more than one abnormality.

11/09/2023

What is BOAS?
Why do we perform surgical correction?
We will be sharing a series of posts that explain what BOAS is and why there is a need for corrective surgery in 90% of all BOAS affected dogs.
We hope this will bring a greater understanding and help all pet owners learn more about what affects their beautiful squishy faced babies.

23/06/2023

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Dr Glen {aka Dr Frenchie} combines his passion for surgery and his passion for French Bulldogs by regularly performing airway surgery to correct breathing issues in brachycephalic (or squishy faced breeds).

Seeing the improvement in their quality of life post surgery, is one of the many rewards that drives his passion to help as many of your pets as he can.

In this photo Dr Frenchie is performing a complimentary post op check,
assisted by our wonderful nurse,
Nellie.

If you have concerns about your dogs breathing, or would like to know more about BOAS and airway surgery, call the clinic to book your consultation with Dr Glen.

☎️02 95605255

04/03/2018

Ok so I’m getting behind a project started by a vet friend of mine, Elaine.
The story in a nutshell - a vet named Kadek has just graduated and is on the Indonesian island of Nusa Penida. He has no clinic but helps the locals however he can - sometimes getting paid with bananas! He needs a mere $20k to build a vet clinic. That amount of money is almost laughable for us but impossible for him to raise.
This YouTube video tells a bit of the story:
https://youtu.be/tSDWVxpAY5E

In future I plan to visit the vet clinic and donate time to helping him work the clinic; I also may have the opportunity to teach the Balinese vet students.
So please consider donating via Go Fund Me to get this vet clinic happening!!!!!

Kadek Widada is a first year out of vet school Veterinarian supplying the needs of the local community in a small island south of Bali. He is the only local veterinarian in this remote island of Nusa Penida, and has limited resources to help his people and their animals. He services 3 very low a...

27/09/2016

Last night when I finished work, I did a phone consultation with someone in New Zealand. I was quite flattered, and asked how she'd found me. She said she googled "best French bulldog vet". This made me realise, people really do need pertinent information from someone who knows the breed. It made me realise that I have let my busy life plus a few personal struggles get in the way of continuing on with dr Frenchie. I am so honoured that over 250 French Bulldogs come to see me at my clinic in Petersham and overwhelmed when people describe me as things like "the frenchie guardian angel". I have learnt so many unique things about Frenchie's.
All of this has made me realise that all you amazing frenchie owners deserve me to get back to my guns and get on with my vision - to help French Bulldogs and their owners worldwide live the happiest and healthiest lives possible.
Keep your eyes peeled.